I teach in a program that is heavily technology-based, and I often find that some students have difficulty remembering HOW to complete a particular task on the hardware or in the software; however, they have no problem remember the loads of technical jargon that goes along with this field. The issue I've found is that many students have had it printed into their brain that studying is all reading and bookwork. What I do to solve this issue, and also to get the students learning at home, is give them short hands-on homework projects. Albeit many students do not always own the software at home, and have to come up to the labs to work; this forces the students to immerse themselves in project-based self-learning. Over the last few years, I have slowly shifted my class emphasis to about 50% project-based/self-learning assignments, 50% exams/quizzes/writing assignments. This has worked out well for most students. Ultimately, this is what they will have to do in the professional world anyway. Every couple of a years a new version of the software or hardware is released, which will require them to re-learn the material each time.